Obama’s Approval Rating Hits New Low
There’s a combination of things causing it, such as rising unemployment and a crappy economy. His socialist plan for a government takeover of healthcare is another. There is a definite trust deficit.
I don’t know if administration officials realize just how much damage they’ve done themselves with their kid-gloves treatment of the financial industry, just how badly the spectacle of government supported institutions paying giant bonuses is playing. But I’ve had many conversations with people who voted for Mr. Obama, yet dismiss the stimulus as a total waste of money. When I press them, it turns out that they’re really angry about the bailouts rather than the stimulus — but that’s a distinction lost on most voters.
So there’s a growing sense among progressives that they have, as my colleague Frank Rich suggests, been punked. And that’s why the mixed signals on the public option created such an uproar.
Zogby has Obama’s approval at 45%!
Bottom line, Obama is fading.
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Posted by Jay on August 21, 2009 2:26 pm
» Filed Under Economy, Government corruption, Government malfeasance/misfeasance, Government tyranny, Healthcare, News, Obama/Biden, Polls, Social Engineering, Socialism, Totalitarianism, Unconstitutional, Unemployment, bailouts, economic stimulus
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